Advertising display device



NOV. 16 1926. 1,607,042

M. P. BEDEL ET AL ADVERTISING DISPLAY DEVICE Filed March 51 1926 2Sheets-Sheet l Nov. 16 1926. I 1,607,042

M. P. BEDEL a-r AL ADVERTISING DISPLAY DEVICE Filed March 31 1926 2Sheets-Shet 2 :5 u

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Patented Nov. 16,1926.

I ADVERTISING DISPLAY DEVICE.

This invention relates particularly ,to a device which will attract theeye for the purpose of drawing attention to a product to be sold. p

. An object of the device is to employ a to tally unrelated subject tocreate or bring about the attention of. a prospective customer to aproduct to be sold, and to display. the product itself to best advantagewhilst holding the attention through the agency of the A. further objectis to produce a device in which the mechanism employed adapts itself toinnumerable combinations of toys or figures and their gyrations, tousage in store windows and in other locations wherein an easily movedand readily portable advertising medium and joy producer for young andoldmay be employed. I r I These and other ob'ects are attained'in thedevice described in the following specification and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings in which I Fig. 1 is a side elevation of thedevice embodying our invention.

Fig. 2 is an end view, partially in section, on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view in section upon the line 33 of Fig. 1.

The device we have shown has its mechanism mounted in any suitablemanner, as

upon a base board 4, and enclosing the mech- ,1

anism is a casing 5. The top of the "casing carries a series of trapezestructures 6, 7 and 8 as well as two turntables 9 and 10 which carry theproduct or article to be displayed. Each of the trapeze structurescarries a r-evolubly mounted horizontal bar 11, see Fig. 2, to which thearms of a propelling manikin 12 are rigidly attached. 'Also upon bar 11trapeze 13 is pivotally swung. trapeze in turn carries a manikin 14whichis pivotally attached thereto through its hands. By rotating the bar 11the two manikins and the trapeze will be causedto operate in theperformance of their gyrations as is very specifically described in U.S. Let ters Patent No. 1,329,623 issued February 3, 1920, to Charles A.Meurer, who is one of the inventors herein. No claim is made in thepresent invention to this feature and only general descriptive referenceis made for' I this reason thereto. However, in th1spresent inventionthe rotation of bar 11 is attained by a pair of miter gears 15 and 16,the former being secured to bar 11 and This.

f Application rum March 31, 1926., Serial No. 98,870.

the, latter to a vertical shaft 1'? which occupiesa hollow standard ofthe trapeze dc vice. Each of-the vertical shafts 17 is driven by a pairof mitergears 18 and 19, the latter gear of each setof which is securedto a longitudinally extending horizontal shaft 20 which'is journalled inbearings 21,- 22and 23 on the base board.

Each of the'turntablesQ and 10 is mounted on a respective shaft 24 and25. These shafts carry respective 26 and'r27 which mesh with the gears28 and 29, on a shaft30, softhatwhenoneturntable is rotated the otherone will rotate also. 'To accomplish this we connect shaft 30 with shaft20 'by means of a shortshaft upon which gears 31 and 32 are mounted, thefor mer meshing with gear 26 and the-latter with a gear 33 on shaft 20.I

And now, in order to accomplish the driving of the acrobatic mani-kinsand the turntables, we employ shaft 20 as the drive shaft and cause itsrotation through the following mechanism. A motor 34 furnishesthe power.

miter gears A worm 35 of the motor shaft drives through worm gear 36 ona jack'shaft 37 which is carries aworm 40. This worm 40 in turn mesheswith'a' gear 41 on a short shaft 42 which is journalled in a bearing 43and car ries on its opposite end a crank disc 44.. This crank disccarries a connecting rod or pitman 45 and has provided thereon a seriesof teeth 46 which mesh with a gear'47 located between two guiding discs48 and 49 on a short shaft which carries'a gear 50 meshing with a gear51 on the drive shaft 20;

Thus power is transmitted throughout the structure in an unique andinteresting manner, which, from the m0tor 34 to pitman is always acontinuous and unidirectional motion, but, because "of the pitman 45, ischanged into a reciprocating motion and thence into a reversingrotarymotion starting with gear 47 This reversing rotary mo-- tion is carriedthrough to shafts 17, 24 and 'mounted in'bearings 38' and- 39 and which25, and results in a rotation of the ,bars 11 as well as the turntables9 and 10 in one di-v rection for a period oftime. and'then in a completereversal and rotation of these elements in the opposite direction for afurther and equal period of time. Of course the proportioning of speeds,number of IQtPUDIOIIS' and other features may be governed by deslgnmgthe mechanism and gear ratios to meet the requirements.

1. A display device comprising a series of' display mechanisms, a shaftadapted to operate each display mechanism, a drive shaft for saidmechanism shafts, gears on said shafts for transmitting motion from oneto the other, and means for transmitting oscillating rotary motion tothe drive shaft, consisting of a crank, a'pinion operatively con nectedwith the drive shaft, a pitman connected at one end with the crank andhaving rack gearteeth formed at theopposite end for engagement with theteeth of the pinion,

and means for rotatingthe crank;

2. YA display device'comprising a series of display mechanisms of onetype, a series of display devices of another type, avshaft extendingfrom and adapted to operate each display device, a drive shaft extendingadjacent to and adapted to operate the display mechanisms of the firstmentioned type, gears connecting the shaft and the drive shaft ofthe'first mentioned type, a'drive shaft extending adjacent'and adaptedto operate the display mechanisms of the second mentioned type, gearsconnecting the shafts and the drive shafts of the second mentioned type,means operatively connecting the drive shafts, acrank," a geared pinion,a pitman operatively connected atone end with the crank and having rackteeth on its opposite I end for cooperation with the teeth of the meansadapted to drive the crank.

3. A displaydevice comprising a series of "display mechanisms of a typedesigned for indirect advertising, a series of display clevices of atype designed for direct advertising and alternating in position withthat of the first mentioned type, a shaft extending from and adapted tooperate each display device, a drive shaft extending adjacent to andadapted to operate the display mechanisms of the first mentioned type,means operativeiy connecting the shaft and the'drive shaft of thefirst'mentionedtype, a drive shaft extending adjacent to and adapted tooperate the display mechanisms of the second mentioned type, meansoperatively connecting the shafts and the drive shaft of the secondmentioned type, means operatively connecting the drive shafts, a crank,a

geared pinion, a pitman operatively connected atone end with the crank,and having rack teeth at its opposite end for cooperation with the teethof the pinion, means operatively connecting the pinion with the driveshafts, a source of power, and speed reduction I mechanism o-perativelyconnect ing the source of power and the crank.

In witness whereof, we-afiix our signatures. r.

MATHEW RBEDEL; CHARLES A. MEURER.

